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The  Seattle  Bar  Association 


A  Hand  Book 

CONTAINING 

Secretsry's  Foreword 

Roster  of  Past  Officers 

Officers  for  1918-1919 

Committees  for  1918-1919 

Roster  of  Honorary  Members 

Roster  of  Members 

Honor  Roll  of  King  County  Bar 

Articles  of  Incorporation 

Constitution 

By-Laws 

Code  of  Ethics 


JUNE— 1919 


DENNIS  &  CO.,  INC. 

Law  Book  Publishers 

251    MAIN    STREET 

BUFFALO  3,  N.  Y. 


The  Seattle  Bar  Association 


A  Hand  Book 

CONTAINING 

Secretary's  Foreword 

Roster  of  Past  Officers 

Officers  for  1918-1919 

Committees  for  1918-1919 

Roster  of  Honorary  Members 

Roster  of  Members 

Honor  Roll  of  King  County  Bar 

Articles  of  Incorporation 

Constitution 

By-Laws 

Code  of  Ethics 


JUNE— 1919 


PUNY  I..   ALLEN  CO..  SEATTLE 


,.  Secretary's  Foreword 

This  handbook  is  published  in  order  that  the  members  of 
the  Association  may  have  the  constitution,  by-laws,  membership 
list  and  other  data  in  convenient  form  for  ready  reference.  It  is 
not  intended  to  perform  the  functions  of  the  year  book. 

During  the  World  War,  an  extraordinary  amount  of  work 
has  devolved  upon  the  members  of  the  legal  profession,  and  the 
members  of  the  Seattle  Bar  have  been  no  exception  to  the  rule 
that  the  American  Bar  has  done  its  duty  in  all  forms  of  war 
work.  The  Honor  Roll,  placed  in  Department  No.  1  of  the 
Superior  Court  of  King  County,  reproduced  in  this  booklet,  shows 
that  117  members  of  the  Seattle  Bar  gave  up  their  practice  and 
served  under  the  Colors.  A  very  high  percentage  of  these 
received  commissions.  Three  gave  their  lives  in  battle  in  France. 
Those  who  stayed  at  home  assisted  in  the  drives  for  the  sale  of 
Liberty  Bonds,  for  the  Red  Cross  and  War  Savings,  and  they 
bore  the  brunt  of  the  work  in  such  organizations  as  the  Minute 
Men  and  Four  Minute  Men,  the  City  and  County  Local  Boards, 
Legal  Advisory  Boards,  Councils  of  Defense  and  other  branches 
of  war  work.  The  Bar  of  Seattle  and  King  County  made  a 
record  of  war  service  of  which  this  Association  may  be  justly 
proud.  Certain  matters  connected  with  war  work  were  referred 
direct  to  this  Association  and  committees  appointed  to  handle 
same.  The  Committee  on  War  Service  performed  work  of  a 
legal  nature  for  the  men  in  service  and  their  families  which 
deserves  special  mention. 

Now  that  the  war  is  ended  and  the  members  are  relieved 
from  their  heavy  war  duties,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  normal 
activities  of  the  Bar  Association  will  be  resumed  with  renewed 
vigor. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

EARL  G.  RICE, 

Secretary. 
Seattle,  June  1,  1919. 

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The  Seattle  Bar  Association 


Past  Officers 


Former  Presidents 

R.  A.  BALLINGER _ _ 1906-1907 

W.  A.  PETERS 1907-1908 

L.  C  OILMAN 1908-1909 

HAROLD  PRESTON  - 1909-1910 

H.  H.  A.  HASTINGS 1910-1911 

WILLIAM  H.  GORHAM 1911-1912 

GEORGE  H.  WALKER „ J912-1913 

GEORGE  E.  WRIGHT 1913-1914 

L.  B.  STEDMAN „ 1914-1915 

HIRAM  E.  HADLEY 1915-1916 

WILMON  TUCKER  „ 1916-1917 

W.  B.  STRATTON _ _.. 1917- 1918 

Former  Vice-Presidents 

W.  A.  PETERS— HAROLD  PRESTON...- 1906-1907 

L.  C.  GILMAN— E.  C.  HUGHES 1907-1908 

HAROLD  PRESTON— H.  H.  A.  HASTINGS 1908-1909 

H.  H.  A.  HASTINGS— W.  H.  BOGLE _ 1909-1910 

W.  H.  BOGLE— GEORGE  H.  WALKER 1910-1911 

GEORGE  H.  WALKER— GEORGE  E.  WRIGHT 1911-1912 

k 

GEORGE  E.  WRIGHT— JOHN  H.  POWELL 1912-1913 

L.  B.  STEDMAN— HIRAM  E.  HADLEY 1913-1914 

HIRAM  E.  HADLEY— WILMON  TUCKER 1914-1915 

WILMON  TUCKER— W.  B.  STRATTON 1915-1916 

W.  B.  STRATTON— MARION  EDWARDS 1916-1917 

MARION  EDWARDS — CHARLES  H.  WINDERS ....1917-1918 


Former  Secretaries 

WALTER  A.  MC€LURE 1906-1907 

EDGAR  J.  WRIGHT 1907-1908 

R.  S.  TERHUNE 1908-1909 

CARROLL  HENDRON ~ 1909-1910 

LOREN  GRINSTEAD  - 1910-191 1 

CHARLES  A.  SPIRK 1911-1912 

HOWARD  WATERMANN  1912- 1913 

WILLIAM  T.  LAUBE, _ 1913-1914 

D.  V.  HALVERSTADT 1914-1915 

GROVER  E.  DESMOND 1915-1916 

JOHN  T.  SULLIVAN : 1916-1917 

CLYDE  M.  HADLEY 1917-1918 

Former  Treasurers 

GEORGE  LADD  MUNN - 1906-1907 

H.  R.  CLISE. _ 1907-1908 

WILLIAM  H.  GORHAM 1908-1909 

J.  B.  ALEXANDER _ 1909-1910 

HORACE  A.  WILSON 1910-1911 

EVERETT  SMITH— EDWIN  P.  WHITING 1911-1912 

EDWIN  P.  WHITING 1912-1913 

RAYMOND  G.  WRIGHT 1913-1914 

JOHN  S.  JUREY 1914-1915 

J.  H.  IVEY 1915-1916 

JAMES  B.  KINNE 1916-1917 

GLENN  C  BEECHLER ....1917-1918 


Page  Five 


Officers  and  Committees 

1918—1919 


Officers 


President  „ MARION  EDWARDS 

First  Vice-President CHAS.  H.  WINDERS 

Second  Vice-President W.  G.  MCLAREN 

Secretary EARL  G.  RICE 

Treasurer  ...  ....PAUL  SHAFFRATH 


Board  of  Trustees 


Term  expires  1919 

HARRY  BALLINGER,  Chairman 
GLENN  C.  BEECHLER  BRUCE  C.  SHORTS 


Term  expires  1920 

CARROLL  HENDRON  ADAM  BEELER 

JOHN  E.  RYAN 


Term  expires  1921 

JOHN  P.  HARTMAN  CLYDE  M.  HADLEY 

REAH  M.  WHITEHEAD 

Committees- — Elective 

Committee  on  Admissions 


Term  expires  1919 
EDWARD  W.  ALLEN,  Chairman 

WALTER  L.  NOSSMAN  E.  P.  WHITING 

WINFIELD  R.  SMITH          FRANK  P.  HELSELL 

Page  Six 


Term  expires  1920 

HOWARD  WATERMAN  WM.  E.  FROUDE 

DONALD  A.  MCDONALD  JOHN  ARTHUR 

CASSIUS  E.  GATES 


Term  expires  1921 

DEAN  BURKHEIMER  S.  A.  KEENAN 

THOS  M.  ASKREN  WM.  J.  STEINERT 

S.  J.  WETTRICK 


Committee  on  Grievances 

Term  expires  1919 

CHAS.  F.  RIDDELL  GROVER  E.  DESMOND 

F.  T.  MERRITT 


Term  expires  1920 

JAS.  B.  MURPHY  C.  K.  POE 

GEO.  H.  RUMMENS 


Term  expires  1921 

D.  V.  HALVERSTADT  JAS.  P.  WETER 

JOHN  J.  JAMISON 

Committees — Appointive 


Judiciary  Committee  ••-'•••' 

W.  B.  STRATTON,  Chairman 

R.  E.  CAMPBELL  D.  V.  HALVERSTADT 

EDWIN  P.  WHITING  ROBERT  H.  EVANS 


Amendment  of  the  Law 


GEORGE  H.  RUMMENS,  Chairman 

O.  B.  THORGRIMSON  E.  L.  SKEEL 

W.  A'.  KEENE  THOMAS  F.  HUNT 

Page  Seven 


Federal  Legislation 

WILLIAM  H.  GORHAM,  Chairman 

GEORGE  F.  HANNAN  JOHN  E.  BURKHEIMER 

A.  J.  BALLIET  Louis  H.  LEGG 


Entertainment 

EDWIN  JAMES  BROWN,  Chairman 

A.  H.  HUTCHINSON  JOHN  A.  PRATER 

W.  M.  WILLIAMS  G.  WRIGHT  ARNOLD 


Library 

ROBERT  P.  OLDHAM,  Chairman 
J.  L.  BALDWIN   .;/  JACKSON  SILBAUGH 

Obituary 

JOHN  ARTHUR,  Chairman 
FRANK  P.  LEWIS  FRED  H.  PETERSON 


Professional  Ethics 

Term  expires  1919 

JOHN  C  HIGGINS,  Secretary 

ROBERT  C.  SAUNDERS  GEORGE  H.  WALKER 


Term  expires  1920 
CARROLL  B.  GRAVES,  Chairman 
RICHARD  SAXE  JONES       •    •  .  HIRAM  E.  HADLEY 

Term  expires  1921 

ALFRED  BATTLE  FREDERICK  BAUSMAN 

JAMES  A.  KERE 

War  Service 

JAMES  T.  LAWLER,  Chairman 
W.  A.  PETERS  L.  B.  STEDMAN 

E.  C.  HUGHES  HAROLD  PRESTON 

H.  A.  HARRISON  JAMES  A.  HAIGHT 

Page  Eight 


Roster  of  Honorary  Members 


Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States, 
Ninth  Judicial  District 

HON.  JOSEPH  McKENNA,  Washington,  D.  C.' 

United  States  Circuit  fudges,  Ninth  Circuit 

HON.  WM.  B.  GILBERT,  Portland,  Ore. 

HON.  WM.  W.  MORROW,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

HON.  ERSKINE  W.  Ross,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

HON.  WM.  H.  HUNT,  Washington,  D.  C. 


United  States  District  fudges,  State  of  Washington 

HON.  FRANK  H.  RUDKIN 
Eastern  District  of  Washington,  Spokane 

HON.  EDWARD  E.  CUSHMAN 
Western  District  of  Washington,  Southern  Division,  Tacoma 

HON.  JEREMIAH  NETERER 
Western  District  of  Washington,  Northern  Division,  Seattle 


Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Washington 

HON.  STEPHEN  J.  CHADWICK  HON.  EMMETT  N.  PARKER 

HON.  MARK  A.  FULLERTON  HON.  JOHN  F.  MAIN 

HON.  O.  R.  HOLCOMB  HON.  KENNETH  MACKINTOSH 

HON.  JOHN  R.  MITCHELL  HON.  WARREN  W.  TOLMAN 
HON.  WALLACE  MOUNT 


fudges  of  the  Superior  Court  of  King  County 

HON.  J.  T.  RONALD  HON.  CALVIN  S.  HALL 

HON.  KING  DYKEMAN  HON.  A.  W.  FRATER 

HON.  EVERETT  SMITH  HON.  BOYD  J.  TALLMAN 

HON.  JOHN  S.  JUREY  HON.  MITCHELL  GILLIAM 
HON.  CLAY  ALLEN 


Page  Nine 


Roster  of  Members 


ALBRIGHT,  J.  W. 
ALDERSON,  TOM 
ALEXANDER,  J.  B. 
ALLEN,  CHARLES  E. 
ALLEN,  EDWARD  W. 
ALLISON,  WM.  B. 
ANDERSON,  NELSON  R. 
ARCTANDER,  JNO.  W. 
ARNOLD,  G.  WRIGHT 
ARTHUR,  JOHN 
ASKREN,  THOS.  M, '     ' 
AUST,  GEO.  F. 
AYLMORE,  JR.,  REEVES 

BAIN,  THOMAS  H. 
BALDWIN,  JULIUS  L. 
BALLIET,  ANDREW  J. 
BALLINGER,  HARRY 
BALLINGER,  JOHN  H. 
BALLINGER,  R.  A. 
BANNON,  ARTHUR  C. 
BARNEY,  C.  R. 
BATCHELOR,  CHESTER  A. 
BATTLE,  ALFRED 
BAUSMAN,  FREDERICK 
BAXTER,  CHAUNCEY  L. 
BAYLEY,  F.  S. 
BEALS,  OTHILIA  G.  C, 
BEALS,  WALTER  B. 
BEARD,  W.  G. 
BEATTY,  W.  H. 
BEBB,  WM.  B. 
BEEBE,  ALBERT  H. 
BEECH  LER,  GLENN  C. 
BEELKR,  ADAM 
BELL,  EUGENE  W. 
BELT,  H.  C. 
BILLINGSLEY,  H.  McC. 
BIS  SETT,  CLARK  P. 


ELAINE,  E.  F. 
BLAKE,  HENRY  F. 
BLEWETT,  ROBERT  L. 
BOGLE,  LAWRENCE 
.BOGLE,  WM.  H. 
BOLEN,  WILLIAM  H. 
BOLSTER,  N.  W. 
BOOTH,  A.  A. 
BORYER,  R.  j: 
BOWLES,  WILLIAM  A. 
BRACKETT;  S.  M. 
BRADFORD,  J.  E. 
BRADY,  EDWARD 
BRIGHTMAN,  F.  E. 
BRINKER,  OTIS  W. 
BRINKER,  WM.  H. 
BRINKLEY,  CHARLES  A. 
BROCKETT,  NORWOOD 
BRONSON,  IRA 
BROWN,  EDWIN  JAMES 
BROWN,  FRED  C. 
BROWN,  F.  V. 
BRUEN,  JAMES  B. 
BUCHANAN,  H.  D. 
BUCHANAN,  JAMES  H. 
BUNDY,  E.  W. 

BURKE,  THOMAS 
BURKHEIMER,  CLARK  M. 
BURKHEIME'R,  DEAN 
BURKHEIMER,  JOHN  E. 

BUTLER,  HERBERT  B. 
BYERS,  ALPHEUS 

CALDWELL,  HUGH 
CALHOUN,  SCOTT 
CAMERON,  MONCRIEFFE 
CAMPBELL,  R.  E. 
CAPPS,  R.  W. 
CARMODY,  JOHN  D. 


Page  Ten 


CARRIGAN,  PAUL 
CARROLL,  JOHN  E. 
CARVER,  F.  J. 
CATLETT,  FRED  W. 
CAUTHORN,  ROBERT  G. 
CLARK,  IRVING  M. 
CLARKE,  FRED  G. 
CLAYPOOL,  CHAS.  E. 
CLISE,  H.  R. 
COCKERILL,  O.  P. 
COHEN,  ARTHUR  G. 
COLE,  GEO.  B. 
COLE,  GEO.  S. 
COLLETT,  ALBERT  J. 
COLVIN,  EWING  DEAN 
COMBS,  JAMES  G. 
CONDON,  JOHN  T. 
CONGDON,  GEO.  C. 
CONGLETON,  CHAS.  E. 
CONOVER,  D.  C. 
CORKERY,  GLENN  S. 
CORRIGAN,  J.  L. 
CORYELL,  GEORGE 
COSGROVE,  HOWARD  G. 
COSHUN,  R.  H. 
COVINGTON,  WM.  D. 
CRIDER,  EDGAR  L. 
CROSON,  CARL  E. 
CROUCH,  CHARLES  R. 
CUMMINGS,  W.  L. 
CUSTER,  GEORGE  A. 

DAWSON,  LEWIS  M. 

DEB  RULER,  ELLIS 
DEMOSS,  E.  C. 
DESMOND,  GROVER  E. 
DESTEIGUER,  GEO.  E. 
DEVERS,  ROBERT  A. 
DICKINSON,  ALEX 
DOLBY,  JOHN  WESLEY 
DONWORTH,  GEO. 
DORR,  FREDERICK  W. 


DOUGAN,  JAS.  A. 
DOUGLAS,  MALCOLM 
DUDLEY,  F.  M. 

EARLE,  DAN 
EDWARDS,  MARION 
EGAN,  FRANK  M. 
ELLIOTT,  JR.,  HENRY 
EMBREE,  BENTON 
EVANS,  ROBT.  H. 
EWING,  EDWIN  C. 

FARQUHAR,  S.  W. 
FARRELL,  C.  H. 
FINDLEY,  HOWARD  M". 
FITZPATRICK,  JOHN  L. 
FLICK,  EDWIN  H. 
FORCE,  HORTON  C. 
FRANCE,  C.  J. 
FRATER,  JOHN  A. 
FRIEND,  GEO. 
FROUDE,  WM.  E. 
FRYE,  H.  S. 
FULTON,  WALTER  S. 

GATES,  CASSIUS  E. 
GAY,  WILSON  R. 
GFELLER,  ALFRED 
GILMORE,  WM.  A. 
GOODALE,  R.  C. 
GOODNER,  I.  W. 
GORDON,  JOHN  B. 
GORHAM,  WM.  H. 
GRANGER,  H.  T. 
GRAVES,  CARROLL  B 
GREEN,  FRANK  E. 
GREENE,  ROGER  S. 
GREENE,  WM.  A. 
GREGORY,  GEO.  W. 
GRIFFIN,  ARTHUR  E. 
GRINSTEAD,  LOREN 
GUIE,  E.  H. 


Page  Eleven 


HACKMAN,  FRANKLIN  C 
HADLEY,  CLYDE  M. 
HADLEY,  EDGAR  S. 
HADLEY,  H.  E. 
HAIGHT,  JAMES  A. 
HALL,  HOWARD  M. 
HALVERSTADT,  D.  V. 
HAMILL,  JAMES  N. 
HAMLIN,  ROBERT  D. 
HANFORD,  C.  H. 
HANFORP,  E.  C 
HANNAN,  GEO.  F. 
HANSON,  HOWARD  A. 
HARTMAN,  DWIGHT  D. 
HARTMAN,  HAROLD  H. 
HARTMAN,  JOHN  P. 
HARTSON,  MALCOLM  P. 
HASTINGS,  FRED  W. 
HASTINGS,  H.  H.  A. 
HAWKINS,  C.  R. 
HAZEN,  R.  C 
HEAL,  JR.,  JOHN  W. 
HEATON,  OSCAR  G. 
HELSELL,  F.  P. 
HENDRON,  CARROLL 
HERALD,  ERNEST  B. 
HERR,  W.  B. 
HIGGINS,  JOHN  C. 
HIGGINS,  RALPH  H. 
HODGE,  GEORGE  J. 
HODGSON,  ALFRED  E. 
HOWE,  JAMES  B. 
HOYT,  JOHN  P. 
HULBERT,  ROBT.  A. 
HUNT,  THOMAS  FRANCIS 
HUNTOON,  R.  W. 
HUTCHINSON,  ARTHUR 
HUTSON,  C.  T. 
HYLAND,  IVAN  L. 

INGERSOLL,  M.  H. 
IVEY,  J.  N. 


JACOBSEN,  CHRISTOPHER 
JAMISON,  JOHN  J. 
JOHNSTON,  LEE 
JOHNSTONE,  WALTER  L. 
JONES,  H.  B. 
JONES,  H.  W. 
JONES,  RICHARD  SAXE 
JONES,  ROBT.  M. 

KANE,  J.  H. 
KAPP,  F.  C. 
KARR,  E.  D. 
KEENAN,  S.  A. 
KEENE,  WALTER  A. 
KEITH,  WM.  C. 
KELLERAN,  S.  H. 
KELLOGG,  J.  Y.  C. 
KELLS,  LUCAS  C. 
KENNEDY,  THOS.  J.  L. 
KENT,  F.  STANLEY 
KERR,  J.  A. 
KERR,  S.  H. 
KIEFER,  JAMES 
KINNE,  JAMES  B. 
KIRKPATRICK,  L.  E. 
KORSTAD,  MARTIN 
KORTE,  GEO.  W. 

LANDON,  DANIEL 
LAUBE,  WILLIAM  T. 
LAWLER,  JAMES  T.       - 
LEE,  GEO.  A. 
LEGG,  LOUIS  H. 
LEVY,  AUBREY 
LEWIS,  FRANK  P. 
LEWIS,  WARREN  H. 
LLEWELLYN,  FRED  W. 
LONERGAN,  PIERCE 
LONGFELLOW,  M.  L. 
LUNDIN,  A.  H. 
LYONS,  THOMAS  R. 
LYSONS,  FRED  H. 


Page  Twelve 


MAcBRIDE,  PHILIP  D. 
McCABE,  JAMES 
McCLELLAN,  GEO.  McK. 
McCLURE,  HENRY  F. 
McCLURE,  WALTER  A. 
McCLURE,  WM.  E. 
McCORD,  E.  S. 

MCDONALD,  DONALD  A. 

McGILVRA,  OLIVER  C. 

MCKNIGHT,  JAMES  c. 
MCLAREN,  w.  G. 

McMICKEN,  MAURICE 
MARTIN,  WINTER  S. 
MEAGHER,  GEO.  A. 
MEAKIN,  R.  J. 
MEIER,  W.  F. 
MERRITT,  F.  T. 
MEYERS,  HERBERT  W. 
MILLION,  ELMER  C. 
MOORE,  H.  D. 
MOORE,  WM.  HICKMAN 
MORRIS,  RICHARD  E. 
MORRISON,  SAMUEL 
MOSER,  B.  B. 
MUNDAY,  CHARLES  F. 
MUNN,  GEO.  L. 
MURPHY,  CHAS.  P. 
MURPHY,  JAMES  B. 
MURPHY,  JOHN  F. 
MYERS,  H.  A.  P. 

NAGL,  J.   A. 

NELSON,  ISRAEL 
NEWCOMB,  LEROY  V. 
NICHOLS,  RALPH  D. 
NOBLE,  FRANK  A. 
NORTHROP,  BERT  A. 
NOSSAMAN,  WALTER  L. 

OGDEN,  RAYMOND  D. 
OHNICK,  BENJ.  S. 
OLDHAM,  R.  P. 
ORTON,  IRA  D. 


OSBORN,  WALTER  S. 

PALMER,  E.  B. 
PALMER,  E.  H. 
PATTERSON,  CHAS.  E. 
PATTERSON,  T.  H. 
PATTERSON,  TOM  S. 
PAUL,  FRANK  A. 
PETERS,  WM.  A. 
PETERSON,  FRED  H.- 
PHILLIPS, PAUL  B. 
PERRY,  JOHN  H. 
PIERCE,  RALPH  S. 
POE,  C:  K. 
POWELL,  JOHN  H. 
PRESTON,  HAROLD 

RAMSEY,  H.  J. 
REAGAN,  FRANCIS  C. 
REED,  J.  F. 
REID,  ROBERT  W. 
REMBERT,  ADAIR 
REVELLE,  G.  H. 
REVELLE,  T.  P. 
REYNOLDS,  CHAS.  A. 
REYNOLDS,  JAS.  W. 
RICE,  EARL  G. 
RIDDELL,  C.  F. 
RIDDLE,  C.  A. 
ROBERTS,  JOHN  W. 
ROBERTS,  FRED  M. 
ROZEMA,  MARTIN 
RUMMENS,  GEO.  H.      - 
RUNNER,  J.  L. 
RUPP,  OTTO  B. 
RYAN,  JOHN  E. 

SANDERS,  HOWARD  W. 
SAUNDERS,  R.  C. 
SCHAFFNER,  WALTER 
SCHRAMM,  JR.,  ARTHUR 
SEARGEANT,  JAS.  E. 
SHAFFRATH,  PAUL 


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SHANK,  CORWIN  S. 
SHELA,  LOUIS  E. 
SHELLEY,  T.  H. 
SHEPARD,  CHAS.  E. 
SHEPARD,  THOMAS  R. 
SHORETT,  JOHN  B. 
SHORETT,  JUDSON  W. 
SHORTS,  BRUCE  C. 
SILBAUGH,  JACKSON 
SILVAIN,  LOUIS  T. 
SKEEL,  E.  L. 
SMITH,  CARL  J. 
SMITH,  J.  SPEED 
SPIRK,  GEORGE  L. 
SPRIK,  CHAS.  A. 
STARTZMAN,  H.  H. 
STEDMAN,  L.  B. 
STEELE,  FRANK  A. 
STEELE,  S.  H. 
STEFFEN,  C.  H. 
STEINER,  G.  E. 
STEINERT,  WM.  J. 
STRATTON,  W.  B. 
SULLIVAN,  J.  J. 
SUMMERS,  LANE 

TAIT,  HUGH  A. 
TAMMANY,  PATRICK  M. 
TEMPLETON,  J.  H. 
TENNANT,  GEO.  R. 
TERHUNE,  R.  S. 
THOMAS,  P.  F. 
THOMAS,  JOSIAH 
THOMPSON,  JR.,  R.  E. 
THORGRIMSON,  O.  B. 
TINDALL,  PHILLIP 
TODD,  ELMER  E. 
TODD,  HUGH  C. 


TOTTEN,  JOSEPH  P. 
TOTTEN,  WM.  D. 
TREFETHEN,  D.  B. 
TREMPER,  HENRY  S. 
TRIMBLE,  WM.  PITT 
TUCKER,  WILMON 
TURNER,  LEANDER  T. 

VANDERVEER,  GEO.  F. 
VAN  DYKE,  JOHN  B. 
VAN  NUYS,  M.  H. 
VON  TOBEL,  EDWARD 

WALKER,  GEORGE  H. 
WALL,  J.  P. 
WARDALL,  RAY  M. 
WATERMAN,  HOWARD 
WATSON,  WM.  M. 
WEST,  EUGENE  R. 
WETER,  JAMES  P. 
WETTRICK,  SAMUEL  J. 
WHITEHEAD,  REAH  M. 
WHITING,  E.  P. 
WHITNEY,  W.  M. 
WHITTEMORE,  CLEM  J. 
WILLIAMS,  W.  M. 
WILSON,  HARRY  E. 
WILSON,  HORACE  A. 
WILSON,  WORRALL 
WINDERS,  CHAS.  H. 
WINGATE,  S.  D. 
WINN,  GROVER  C. 
WISEMAN,  A.  H. 
WRAY,  WILLIAM 
WRIGHT,  ELIAS  A. 
WRIGHT,  E.  J. 
WRIGHT,  GEO.  E. 
WRIGHT,  JOHN  B. 
WRIGHT,  R.  G. 


Page  Fourteen 


Members  of  King  County  Bar 

In  United  States  Military  and  Naval  Service 

In  the  World  War 


ADAMS,  HOWARD  A. 
ALLEN,  CHAS.  G. 
ALLISON,  W.  S. 


BALLINGER,  E.  B. 
BARNARD,  LEON  W. 
BEALS,  WALTER  S. 
BONE,  ROGER  M. 
BRINKLEY,  CHAS.  A. 


FORCE,  HORTON  C. 
FRANCE,  C.  J. 
FRANKLIN,  EDWARD  S. 
FREDERICK,  ALFRED  H. 
FRIEND,  GEO.  B. 


GEARY,  J.  J. 

GILLIS,  W.  D. 

GOODALE,  R.  C. 
BROCKETT,  NORWOOD  W.  GREEN,  FRANK  E. 

GRIFFIN,  ARTHUR  R. 
CADWALLADER.  ROY  P. 


CALDERHEAD,  SAM  F. 
CALDWELL,  HUGH  M. 
CAMPBELL,  ARTHUR  G. 
CAPPS,  ROBERT  W. 
CARROLL,  JOHN  E. 
CHABOT,  EDWARD  D. 
CHADWICK,  STEPHEN  F. 
COLVIN,  EWING  D. 
COYLE,  W.  J. 
CROSS,  W.  J. 
GUSHING,  MELGAR  H. 


HADLEY,  EDGAR  S. 
HAIGHT,  JAMES  A.  JR. 
HALL,  GEORGE  F. 
HAMILTON,  FRED  E. 
HARTMAN,  DWIGHT  D. 
HARTSON,  NELSON  T. 
HAAS,  KARL  F. 
HATCH,  R.  HARRISON 
HAZEN,  RAYMOND  C. 
HAGMAN,  R.  J. 
HEIDINGER,  W.  E. 
HEINRICH,  ERNEST  E. 
HEENAN,  G.  M.  (Can.  Army) 


DELEWARE,  FRANCIS  E. 

DENHAM,  ROBERT  N.  JR.     HOAR    J    W 

DICKINSON,  C.  NORMAN     HORR,'  RALPH  A. 

DICKSON,  GORDON  H. 

DONWORTH,  CHAS.  T. 

DONNELLY,  E.  P. 

DORR,  FRED  W. 

DOUGLAS,  MALCOLM 

DWYER,  ROBERT  C. 


HOOVER,  GLENN  E. 
HOUSER,  PAUL  W. 
HUGHES,  C  .E. 
*HUGHES,  HOWARD  D. 


EATON,  PHIL  K. 
EDWARDS,  W.  T. 
EVERS,  VOLNEY  P. 


KENNEY,  SAMUEL  E. 
*KERBY,  L.  R. 
KNAPP,  RALPH  R. 
KNAPP,  CLARENCE  F. 
KUMM,  WARD  C. 


Page  Fifteen 


LAUGHLIN,  J.  A. 
LILIOPOULOS,  C.  D. 
LIND,  J.  ARTHUR 
LLEWELYN,  F.  W. 
LONERGAN,  P.  F. 


PATTERSON,  TOM  S. 
PAUL,  FRANK  A. 
PAUL,  CHAS.  H. 

REID,  ROBERT  W. 
ROSS,  BERT  E. 


*McCLEVERTY,  A.  D. 
McCLINTON,  R.  B. 
McCULLOUGH,  C.  C. 
MACKEY,  RUSSELL  A. 
MAJOR,  RALPH  A. 
MARTIN,  BRUCE  N. 
MATHIEU,  GEORGE 
MATZGER,  NATHAN 
MATZGER,  MANFORD 
MARTIN,  UMBERT  T. 
MEACHAM,  EUGENE  M. 
METCALFE,  J.  VERNON 
MOOERS,  CLIFFORD 
MOORE,  HAROLD 
MORRIS,  R.  E. 

MUCKLESTONE,  MELVILLE^JJ?'  ™   V 
MYERS,  HERBERT  W.  PIXBY,  M.  M. 


SMITH,  CHAS.  L. 
STEVENS,  DWIGHT  N. 

TENNANT,  GEORGE  R. 
THOMPSON,  R.  E.  JR. 
TINDALL,  PHILLIP 
TOTTEN,  WM.  PHELPS 

WALLIN,  JAMES  R. 
WARDALL,  MAX 
WATSON,  JOSEPH  T. 
WEST,  EUGENE  R. 
WHEAT,  RUSH  P. 


NORTON,  JOS.  E. 

O'HARA,  G.  B. 
OH  NICK,  BENJ.  S. 
OLSEN,  ALFRED  C. 
OWEN,  H.  A.  JR. 


SANSOM,  F.  C. 
SWELLENBACH,  L.  B. 
SHARPE,  R.  G. 
SULLIVAN,  J.  J. 


*  Killed  in  action. 


Page  Sixteen 


Articles  of  Incorporation 

of 

The  Seattle  Bar  Association 


We,  the  undersigned,  attorneys  at  law,  duly  admitted  and 
practicing  in  the  City  of  Seattle,  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws 
of  the  State  of  Washington,  do  hereby  associate  ourselves  for  the 
purpose  of  incorporating  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Wash- 
ington and  of  being  incorporated  by  the  name  and  for  the  objects 
and  purposes  hereinafter  specified. 

FIRST. 

The  name  of  this  association  shall  be  THE  SEATTLE  BAR 
ASSOCIATION. 

SECOND. 

The  duration  of  this  corporation  shall  be  fifty  (50)  years. 

THIRD. 

The  objects  of  this  corporation  shall  be  to  maintain  the  honor 
and  dignity  of  the  profession  of  the  law,  to  increase  its  usefulness 
in  promoting  a  due  administration  of  justice  and  to  cultivate 
social  intercourse  among  its  members. 

FOURTH. 

This  corporation  is  social  in  its  nature  and  not  for  the  pe- 
cuniary profit  of  its  members,  and  this  corporation  shall  have  no 
capital  stock. 

FIFTH. 

The  principal  place  of  business  of  this  corporation  shall  be 
Seattle,  King  County,  Washington. 

SIXTH. 

The  officers  of  this  corporation  shall  be  a  president,  two  vice- 
presidents,  secretary,  treasurer  and  nine  trustees. 

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  we  have  hereunto  subscribed  our 
names  this  21st  day  of  June,  1906. 

Page  Seventeen 


Constitution 

of 

The  Seattle  Bar  Association 


ARTICLE  I. 

NAME. 

This  organization  shall  be  called  THE  SEATTLE  BAR 
ASSOCIATION. 

ARTICLE  II. 

OBJECTS. 

The  Association  is  established  to  maintain  the  honor  and 
dignity  of  the  profession  of  the  law,  to  increase  its  usefulness  in 
promoting  the  due  administration  of  justice,  and  to  cultivate 
social  intercourse  among  its  members. 

ARTICLE  III. 

MEMBERS. 

The  members  of  the  Bar  who  sign  the  preliminary  articles 
are  hereby  declared  to  be  members  of  this  Association;  but  such 
of  them  as  shall  omit  to  subscribe  to  this  constitution  and  pay 
the  admission  fee  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  September,  1906, 
shall  cease  to  be  members  and  can  only  become  such  by  sub- 
sequent admission. 

Any  member  of  the  profession  in  good  standing,  residing  or 
practicing  in  the  City  of  Seattle,  may  become  a  member  by  vote 
of  the  Association,  on  recommendation  of  the  committee  on  ad- 
missions as  hereinafter  provided,  and  on  subscribing  to  this  con- 
stitution and  paying  the  admission  fee  and  the  dues  for  one  year. 

Members  of  the  profession  of  the  State  of  Washington  in 
good  standing,  neither  residing  nor  practicing  in  the  City  of 
Seattle,  may  in  like  manner  become  members  of  this  Association, 
having  all  the  privileges  of  the  same  except  that  of  voting. 

But  no  person  shall  be  eligible  for  membership  in  this  Asso- 
ciation until  after  the  expiration  of  two  year's  residence  and 
practice  in  King  County,  Washington. 

Page  Eighteen 


ARTICLE  IV. 

OFFICERS. 

The  officers  of  the  Association  shall  be  a  President,  two  Vice- 
Presidents,  Secretary,  Treasurer,  nine  Trustees,  a  Committee  on 
Admissions  of  fifteen  members  and  a  Committee  on  Grievances 
of  nine  members. 

These  officers  shall  be  elected  at  the  annual  meeting  to  be 
held  on  the  last  Wednesday  of  June,  in  each  year  at  eight  o'clock 
P.  M. 

The  Trustees  and  the  Committee  on  Admissions  and  the 
Committee  on  Grievances  chosen  at  the  next  annual  election  shall 
divide  themselves  into  three  classes  of  equal  numbers  each.  The 
first  class  of  each  committee  shall  hold  office  for  three  years ;  the 
second  class  two  years ;  and  the  third  class  one  year ;  and  there- 
after each  annual  election  shall  be  for  three  trustees  and  five 
members  of  the  Committee  on  Admissions  and  three  members 
of  the  Committee  on  Grievances,  to  hold  office  for  three  years, 
and  for  such  additional  number,  if  any,  as  may  be  necessary  to 
fill  vacancies  to  hold  office  during  the  remainder  of  the  terms  of 
the  members  whose  places  they  fill. 

No  member  who  shall  have  been  elected  an  officer  of  the 
Association  or  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Admissions  or  the 
Committee  on  Grievances  shall  be  eligible  for  re-election  to  such 
office  or  committee  until  one  year  after  the  expiration  of  the 
term  for  which  he  was  so  elected. 

ARTICLE  V. 

TRUSTEES. 

The  Trustees  shall  manage  the  affairs  of  the  Association  sub- 
ject to  the  constitution  and  by-laws.  All  appropriations  of  the 
funds  of  the  Association  must  be  made  by  the  Trustees,  unless 
ordered  by  the  Association  by  a  two-thirds  vote. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

COMMITTEE  ON   ADMISSIONS. 

No  person  shall  be  admitted  to  membership  of  the  Association 
unless  he  shall  have  been  recommended  by  the  Committee  on 
Admissions  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  provided  by  the  by-laws. 

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ARTICLE  VII. 

COMMITTEE   ON    GRIEVANCES. 

The  Committee  on  Grievances  shall  be  charged  with  the 
hearing  of  all  complaints  against  members  of  the  Association 
and  also  all  complaints  which  may  be  made  in  matters  affecting 
the  interest  of  the  legal  profession,  the  practice  of  the  Law,  and 
the  administration  of  justice,  whose  duties  shall  be  set  forth  in 
the  by-laws. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

OTHER   STANDING   COMMITTEES. 

The  Association  may  provide  by  its  by-laws  for  such  other 
standing  committees  as  it  may  deem  necessary. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

HONORARY   MEMBERS. 

Any  member  of  the  Association  who  may  become  a  judge 
or  justice  of  any  Court  of  Record  shall  be,  while  he  shall  hold 
such  office,  an  honorary  member  of  the  Association  and  shall  be 
entitled  to  all  of  its  privileges  except  that  of  voting  and  shall  be 
exempt  from  the  payment  of  dues. 

The  Judges  of  the  Courts  of  the  United  States,  of  the  Court 
of  Appeals  sitting  in  this  State,  and  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
the  State,  shall  be  ex-officio  honorary  members. 

ARTICLE  X.  . 

MEETINGS  OF  THE  ASSOCIATION. 

• 

There  shall  be  an  annual  meeting  of  the  Association  at  eight 
o'clock  P.  M.  on  the  last  Wednesday  of  June  of  each  and  every 
year,  and  stated  meetings  on  the  second  Wednesday  of  Septem- 
ber, December  and  March  in  each  year  at  eight  o'clock  P.  M. 
At  these  stated  meetings  and  at  any  regular  adjournment  thereof, 
all  powers  of  the  Association  may  be  exercised. 

Special  meetings  may  be  called  at  any  time  by  the  Trustees, 
and  shall  be  called  by  the  Secretary  upon  the  written  request  of 
ten  members,  specifying  the  purpose  of  such  call.  At  such  special 
meetings  no  business  shall  be  transacted  except  such  as  shall  be 
specified  in  the  call  thereof. 

At  any  meeting  of  the  Association  the  presence  of  twenty- 
five  members  shall  be  necessary  to  constitute  a  quorum. 

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ARTICLE  XL 

ADMISSION   FEE  AND   ANNUAL  DUES. 

The  admission  fee  shall  in  all  cases  be  Five  Dollars  to  be 
paid,  except  as  hereinafter  set  forth,  on  signing  the  constitution. 
The  admission  fee  shall  pay  all  dues  until  the  next  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Association.  The  annual  dues  thereafter  shall  be  Five 
Dollars  for  each  member,  unless  it  shall  be  otherwise  provided 
in  the  By-Laws,  except  in  case  of  non-resident  and  honorary 
members,  who  shall  be  exempt  from  the  payment  of  annual  dues. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

SUSPENSIONS   AND   EXPULSIONS. 

Any  member  of  the  Association  may  be  suspended  or  ex- 
pelled for  misconduct  in  his  relations  to  this  Association  or  in 
his  profession,  on  conviction  thereof,  in  such  manner  as  may  be 
prescribed  by  the  by-laws ;  and  all  interest  in  the  property  of  the 
Association,  held  by  persons  resigning  or  otherwise  ceasing  to 
be  members,  shall  vest  in  the  Association. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

ELECTIONS. 

All  elections  shall  be  by  ballot.  The  officers  elected  shall 
enter  upon  their  duties  immediately  upon  their  election,  and  shall 
hold  office  until  their  successors  are  elected  or  appointed. 

In  case  of  a  vacancy  in  any  office,  it  shall  be  filled  by  appoint- 
ment of  the  Trustees  until  the  next  annual  election,  except  in  the 
case  of  a  vacancy  occurring  in  the  office  of  President,  which  shall 
be  filled  by  the  Association  at  its  first  stated  meeting  occurring 
more  than  ten  days  after  the  happening  of  such  vacancy. 

•    '  ARTICLE  XIV. 

This  constitution  shall  go  into  immediate  effect. 

ARTICLE  XV. 

AMENDMENTS. 

This  constitution  may  be  amended,  but  only  by  a  two-thirds 
vote  of  the  members  present,  at  any  stated  meeting  of  the  Associa- 
tion, and  provided  notice  of  the  proposed  amendment,  subscribed 
by  ten  members,  be  given  at  a  previous  stated  meeting,  and  that 
notice  of  the  same  be  also  given  by  the  Secretary  in  the  notices 
of  the  meeting. 

Page  Twenty-one 


By-Laws 

i. 

PRESIDING  OFFICERS. 

At  all  meetings  of  the  Association  the  President,  or  in  his 
absence  one  of  the  Vice-Presidents,  or  in  the  absence  of  aU  of 
them,  any  member  so  chosen  shall  preside. 

.     ii, 

.. '..„«/.''       .      ORDER  OF  BUSINESS. 

At' each  stated  meeting  of  the  Association  the  order  of  busi- 
ness shall  be  as  follows : 

1.  Reading  of  Minutes  of  preceding  meeting. 

2.  Report  of  Trustees. 

3.  Report  of  Treasurer. 

4.  Report  of  Committee  on  Admissions. 

5.  Report  of  Committee  on  Grievances. 

6.  Elections. 

7.  Reports  of  other  standing  committees. 

8.  Reports  of  special  committees. 

9.  Special  business. 

10.    Miscellaneous  business. 

This  order  of  business  may  be  changed  by  a  vote  of  a  ma- 
jority of  the  members  present. 

The  usual  parliamentary  rules  and.  orders  shall  govern  all 
meetings  of  the  Association,  except  in  cases  otherwise  provided 
for  by  the  constitution  or  by-laws. 

III. 

SECRETARY. 

The  Secretary  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  proceedings  of  all 
meetings  of  the  Association  and  of  all  matters  of  which  a  record 
shall  be  ordered  by  the  Association.  He  shall  notify  the  officers 
and  all  members  of  committees  of  their  election  or  appointment, 

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shall  issue  notices  of  all  meetings  and  in  case  of  special  meetings 
shall  add  a  brief  note  of  the  object  of  the  call.  He  shall  furnish 
to  the  Treasurer  the  names  of  all  persons  newly  elected  to  mem- 
bership. He  shall  be  the  keeper  of  the  seal  of  the  Association. 
He  shall  conduct  the  correspondence  of  the  Association  with 
the  concurrence  of  the  President. 

IV. 

TREASURER. 

The  Treasurer  shall  keep  at  all  times  a  complete  roll  of  the 
members,  and  shall  notify  new  members  of  their  election.  He 
shall  collect,  and  under  the  direction  of  the  Trustees  disburse, 
all  fund's  of  the  Association.  He  shall  keep  regulaT  accounts, 
in  books  belonging  to  the  Association,  which  shall  be  open  to  the 
inspection  of  any  member  of 'the  Trustees.  He  shall  report  in 
writing  at  each  stated  meeting  of  the  Association  and  of  the 
Trustees  the  balance  of  money  on  hand  and  any  existing  appro- 
priations which  may  affect  the  same. 

At  the  annual  meeting  he  shall  make  a  full  report  of  the 
receipts  and  disbursements  of  the  past  year,  suitably  classified, 
and  of  all  outstanding  obligations  of  the  Association,  with  an 
estimate  of  the  resources  and  probable  expenses  of  the  coming 
year,  and  any  suggestions  he  may  think  proper  to  make. 

His  accounts  shall  be  audited  by  three  members  of  the  As- 
sociation, to  be  elected  by  ballot  at  the  stated  meeting  preceding 
the  annual  meeting  in  each  year,  who  shall  report  thereon  at  such 
annual  meeting. 

V. 

TRUSTEES.      . 

The  Trustees  shall  meet  at  least  once  a  month,  except  July 
and  August.  Five  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  They 
shall  have  the  power  to  make  such  regulations  and  take  such 
action,  not  inconsistent  with  the  constitution  and  by-laws,  as 
shall  be  necessary  for  the  protection  of  the  property  of  the 
Association,  and  they  shall  have  the  general  management  of  its 
affairs. 

They  shall  keep  a  record  of  their  proceedings,  which  shall 
be  read  at  the  ensuing  meeting  of  the  Association,  and  shall 
report  at  each  meeting  any  business  which,  in  their  judgment, 
requires  the  action  of  the  Association. 

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VI. 

COMMITTEE  ON  ADMISSIONS. 

The  Committee  on  Admissions  shall  meet  at  least  once  in 
each  month,  except  July  and  August. 

Candidates  for  membership  must  be  proposed  by  two  mem- 
bers of  the  Association,  who  shall  send  to  the  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  the  name  of  the  candidate,  together  with  the  street 
number  of  his  place  of  business,  and  also  such  statement  in 
respect  to  his  qualifications  as  the  proposers  may  think  proper. 

No  member  of  the  Committee  shall  propose  any  candidate. 

No  candidate  shall  be  voted  upon  by  the  Committee  until  his 
name,  together  with  the  names  of  the  members  proposing  him, 
shall  have  been  read  at  the  previous  stated  meeting  of  the  Asso- 
ciation. 

The  Committee  shall  receive  and  consider  all  communications 
respecting  the  candidate  and  make  diligent  inquiry  as  to  his 
character  and  qualifications. 

The  proceedings  of  the  Committee  shall  be  secret  and  confi- 
dential. 

The  candidate  against  whom  there  shall  be  three  negative 
votes  in  the  Committee  shall  not  be  recommended  for  admission. 

VII. 

ELECTION  TO  MEMBERSHIP. 

A  vote  by  ballot  upon  those  who  are  recommended  shall  be 
cast  in  the  Association,  and  one  negative  vote  in  every  five  shall 
exclude  the  candidate. 

No  candidate  who  shall  have  been  excluded  upon  such  vote 
shall  be  again  proposed  within  one  year  thereafter.  If  any  person 
elected  does  not,  within  one  month  after  notice  of  his  election, 
signify  his  acceptance  by  signing  the  constitution  and  by-laws 
and  by  payment  of  his  admission  fee,  he  shall  be  deemed  to  have 
declined  to  become  a  member. 

VIII. 

NON-PAYMENT  OF  DUES. 

When  any  member  becomes  more  than  one  year  in  arrears  on 
his  annual  dues,  the  Secretary  shall  notify  such  member  of  his 
delinquency  and  if  such  member  shall  not  pay  up  such  arrearage 

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within  thirty  days  after  such  notice  the  Secretary  shall  report 
the  same  to  the  Trustees,  who  shall  be  authorized  to  strike  such 
member's  name  from  the  Roll  and  such  person  shall  then  cease 
to  be  a  member  of  the  Association. 

IX. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES. 

In  pursuance  of  Article  VIII  of  the  constitution,  there  shall 
be  the  following  standing  committees : 

1.  A  committee  on  the  Amendment  of  the  Law,  who  shall 
be  charged  with  the  duty  of  watching  all  proposed  changes  in 
the  law,  and  of  proposing  such  amendments  as  in  their  opinion 
should  be  recommended  by  this  Association.     Members  are  in- 
vited to  send  to  this  Committee  at  any  time  suggestions  of  exist- 
ing defects  in  the  law  and  of  any  amendment  which  they  think 
advisable. 

2.  A  Judiciary  Committee,  who  shall  be  charged  with  the 
duty  of  observing  the  practical  working  of  our  judicial  system, 
of  entertaining  and  examining  projects  for  change  or  reform  in 
the  system,  and  it  shall  be  their  official  duty  to  consider  the  fitness 
of  candidates  for  judicial  office,  with  power  to  recommend  to 
the  Association,  at  special  meetings  or  otherwise,  such  action  as 
they  may  deem  expedient. 

3.  A  Committee  on  Federal  Legislation,  whose  duty  it  shall 
be  to  watch   all  proposed   changes   in  the   federal  law   and   to 
propose  such  changes  or  such  action  as  in  their  opinion  should 
be  recommended  by  the  Association. 

4.  A  Committee  on  Professional  Ethics,  whose  duties  shall 
be  (a)  to  take  original  action,  or  to  co-operate  with  the  American 
Bar  Association  and  other  associations  of  lawyers  in  the  United 
States,   in  matters  tending  to  the   elevation  of  the  standard  of 
professional  honor  and  conduct;  (b)  to  examine  into  any  practice 
or  method  of  procuring  or  transacting  business  by  lawyers  which 
may  be  regarded  as  prejudicial  to  the  welfare  of  the  profession  or 
of  the  community  and   to   report   its   findings  to  the   Board   of 
Trustees;    (c)    when    consulted,    to   advise    inquirers    respecting 
questions  of  proper  professional  conduct,  reporting  its  action  to 
the  Board  of  Trustees  from  time  to  time. 

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X. 

PROCEEDINGS   OF  COMMITTEES. 

Each  of  the  committees  named  in  the  foregoing  by-laws, 
except  the  Committee  on  Professional  Ethics,  shall  consist  of 
five  members,  to  be  appointed  annually  by  the  President  of  the 
Association,  who  shall  continue  in  office  until  the  annual  meeting 
next  after  their  appointment  and  until  their  successors  are  ap- 
pointed; and  each  of  said  committees  shall  have  power  to  fill 
vacancies. 

The  Committee  on  Professional  Ethics  shall  consist  of  nine 
members,  to  be  appointed  by  the  President  immediately  after  the 
adoption  of  this  by-law,  three  of  whom  shall  serve  until  the  next 
annual  meeting  and  three  until  the  annual  meeting  in  1919  and 
three  until  the  annual  meeting  in  1920.  After  each  annual  meet- 
ing, the  President  shall  appoint  three  members  to  serve  for  a 
term  of  three  years. 

All  committees  shall  have  power  to  fix  their  own  time  and 
place  of  meeting,  and  to  adopt  regulations  for  their  own  govern- 
ment and  course  of  proceeding  not  inconsistent  with  the  constitu- 
tion and  by-laws,  and  subject  to  revision  by  the  Association. 

Any  standing  committee  may,  by  rule,  provide  that  three 
successive  absences  from  the  meetings  of  the  Committee,  unex- 
cused,  shall  be  deemed  a  resignation,  by  the  member  so  absent, 
of  his  place  upon  the  Committee. 

Any  standing  committee  may,  by  rule,  impose  upon  its  mem- 
bers a  fine  for  non-attendance,  and  may  provide  for  the  disposal 
of  the  fines  collected  under  such  rule. 

Every  standing  committee  elected  or  appointed  under  the 
constitution  or  by-laws,  shall,  at  the  stated  annual  meeting,  report 
in  writing  a  summary  of  all  the  proceedings  of  such  committee 
since  its  last  annual  report  (except  such  matters  as  the  by-laws 
of  the  Association  requires  to  be  kept  secret),  together  with  any 
suggestions  deemed  suitable  and  appertaining  to  its  powers, 
duties  or  business.  A  general  summary  of  all  such  annual  reports, 
and  of  the  annual  reports  of  the  officers,  shall  be  prepared  and 
printed  by  and  under  the  direction  of  the  Trustees,  together  with 
the  Articles  of  Incorporation,  Constitution,  By-Laws  and  names 
of  officers,  standing  committees  and  members  of  the  Association, 
as  soon  as  practicable  after  the  annual  meeting. 

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XI. 

COMMITTEE  ON  GRIEVANCES. 

SECTION  1.  The  Committee  on  Grievances  shall  of  its  own 
motion,  on  complaint,  or  at  the  request  of  the  State  Board  of 
Law  Examiners  or  any  member  thereof,  investigate  the  conduct 
or  acts  of  any  lawyer  or  licensed  law  clerk  in  King  County, 
deemed  by  the  Committee,  or  alleged  to  be,  immoral  or  unpro- 
fessional, or  in  violation  of  the  purpose  and  spirit  of  Chapter  115, 
Laws  of  1917,  regulating  the  practice  of  law  in  this  State. 

SEC.  2.  All  investigations  shall  be  completed  as  soon  as 
practicable  after  complaint  lodged  or  request  made,  and  at  the 
conclusion  thereof  the  Committee  shall  report  its  recommenda- 
tions together  with  the  evidence  (if  requested)  to  the  State 
Board  of  Law  Examiners,  and  if  prosecution  be  recommended  the 
Committee  shall  cause  its  attorney  to  prepare  and  file  with  said 
Board  formal  complaint  and  instruct  him  to  prosecute  the  same. 
None  of  the  above  proceedings  shall  be  made  public,  except  as 
above  provided  or  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  Association. 

SEC.  3.  The  Trustees  shall,  from  time  to  time,  appoint  a 
member  of  the  Association  to  assist  the  Grievance  Committee  as 
its  attorney,  and  shall  pay  out  of  the  funds  of  the  Association 
the  reasonable  disbursements  of  the  Committee  for  expenses 
incurred  in  investigations  including  reasonable  compensation  for 
its  attorney. 

SEC.  4.  The  Committee  on  Grievances  shall  ascertain  and 
report  to  the  Association  the  result  of  every  prosecution  of  any 
member  of  the  Association  before  the  State  Board  of  Law 
Examiners.  In  cases  of  judgment  of  disbarment  finally  affirmed 
by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State,  the  member  so  disbarred 
shall  stand  ipso  facto  expelled  from  the  Association  and  his 
name  shall  be  stricken  -from  the  rolls. .  In  all  other  caees  the 
prosecuted  member  may  be  expelled  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the 
members  of  the  Association  present  and  voting  on  the  report  of 
his  case. 

XII. 

AMENDMENT  OF  BY-LAWS. 

These  by-laws  may  be  amended  at  any  meeting  of  the  As- 
sociation, but  only  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  those  present,  and 
provided  that  ten  days'  notice  in  writing  of  the  proposed  amend- 
ment shall  have  been  given  to  the  Trustees,  and  also  that  notice 
of  the  same  shall  have  been  given  by  the  Secretary  in  the  notices 
of  the  meeting. 

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Canons  of  Ethics 

of 

The  American  Bar  Association 


PREAMBLE. 

In  America,  where  the  stability  of  Courts  and  of  all  depart- 
ments of  government  rests  upon  the  approval  of  the  people,  it  is 
peculiarly  essential  that  the  system  for  establishing  and  dispensing 
justice  be  developed  to  a  high  point  of  efficiency  and  so  main- 
tained that  the  public  shall  have  absolute  confidence  in  the 
integrity  and  impartiality  of  its  administration.  The  future  of 
the  republic,  to  a  great  extent,  depends  upon  our  maintenance  of 
justice  pure  and  unsullied.  It  cannot  be  so  maintained  unless  the 
conduct  and  the  motives  of  the  members  of  our  profession  are 
such  as  to  merit  the  approval  of  all  just  men. 

II. 

THE  CANONS  OF  ETHICS. 

No  code  or  set  of  rules  can  be  framed,  which  will  particular- 
ize all  the  duties  of  the  lawyer  in  the  varying  phases  of  litigation 
or  in  all  the  relations  of  professional  life.  The  following  canons 
of  ethics  are  adopted  by  the  American  Bar  Association  as  a 
general  guide,  yet  the  enumeration  of  particular  duties  should 
not  be  construed  as  a  denial  of  the  existence  of  others  equally 
imperative,  though  not  specifically  mentioned : 

1.    The  Duty  of  the  Lawyer  to  the  Courts. 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  lawyer  to  maintain  toward  the  Courts  a 
respectful  attitude,  not  for  the  sake  of  the  temporary  incumbent 
of  the  judicial  office,  but  for  the  maintenance  of  its  supreme 
importance.  Judges,  not  being  wholly  free  to  defend  themselves, 
are  peculiarly  entitled  to  receive  the  support  of  the  Bar  against 
unjust  criticism  and  clamor.  Whenever  there  is  proper  ground 
for  serious  complaint  of  a  judicial  officer,  it  is  the  right  and  duty 
of  the  lawyer  to  submit  his  grievances  to  the  proper  authorities. 
In  such  cases,  but  not  otherwise,  such  charges  should  be  encour- 
aged and  the  person  making  them  should  be  protected. 

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2.  The  Selection  of  Judges. 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  Bar  to  endeavor  to  prevent  political  con- 
siderations from  outweighing  judicial  fitness  in  the  selection  of 
Judges.  It  should  protest  earnestly  and  actively  against  the  ap- 
pointment or  election  of  those  who  are  unsuitable  for  the  Bench ; 
and  it  should  strive  to  have  elevated  thereto  only  those  willing  to 
forego  other  employments,  whether  of  a  business,  political  or 
other  character,  which  may  embarrass  their  free  and  fair  con- 
sideration of  questions  before  them  for  decision.  The  aspiration 
of  lawyers  for  judicial  position  should  be  governed  by  an  impar- 
tial estimate  of  their  ability  to  add  honor  to  the  office  and  not 
by  a  desire  for  the  distinction  the  position  may  bring  to  them- 
selves. 

3.  Attempts  to  Exert  Personal  Influence  on  the  Court. 

Marked  attention  and  unusual  hospitality  on  the  part  of  a 
lawyer  to  a  Judge,  uncalled  for  by  the  personal  relations  of  the 
parties,  subject  both  the  Judge  and  the  lawyer  to  misconstructions 
of  motive  and  should  be  avoided.  A  lawyer  should  not  communi- 
cate or  argue  privately  with  the  Judge  as  to  the  merits  of  a 
pending  cause,  and  he  deserves  rebuke  and  denunciation  for  any 
device  or  attempt  to  gain  from  a  Judge  special  personal  considera- 
tion or  favor.  A  self-respecting  independence  in  the  discharge  of 
professional  duty,  without  denial  or  diminution  of  the  courtesy 
and  respect  due  the  Judge's  station,  is  the  only  proper  foundation 
for  cordial  personal  and  official  relations  between  Bench  and  Bar. 

4.  When  Counsel  for  an  Indigent  Prisoner. 

A  lawyer  assigned  as  counsel  for  an  indigent  prisoner  ought 
not  to  ask  to  be  excused  for  any  trivial  reason,  and  should  always 
exert  his  best  efforts  in  his  behalf. 

5.  The  Defense  or  Prosecution  of  Those  Accused  of  Crime. 

It  is  the  right  of  the  lawyer  to  undertake  the  defense  of  a 
person  accused  of  crime,  regardless  of  his  personal  opinion  as  to 
the  guilt  of  the  accused ;  otherwise  innocent  persons,  victims  only 
of  suspicious  circumstances,  might  be  denied  proper  defense. 
Having  undertaken  such  defense,  the  lawyer  is  bound  by  all  fair 
and  honorable  means,  to  present  every  defense  that  the  law  of  the 
land  permits,  to  the  end  that  no  person  may  be  deprived  of  life 
or  liberty,  but  by  due  process  of  law. 

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The  primary  duty  of  a  lawyer  engaged  in  public  prosecution 
is  not  to  convict  but  to  see  that  justice  is  done.  The  suppression 
of  facts  or  the  secreting  of  witnesses  capable  of  establishing  the 
innocence  of  the  accused  is  highly  reprehensible. 

6.  Adverse  influences  and  Conflicting  Interests. 

It  is  the  duty  of  a  lawyer  at  the  time  of  retainer  to  dislose  to 
the  client  all  the  circumstances  of  his  relations  to  the  parties,  and 
any  interest  in  or  connection  with  the  controversy,  which  might 
influence  the  client  in  the  selection  of  counsel. 

It  is  unprofessional  to  represent  conflicting  interests,  except 
by  express  consent  of  all  concerned  given  after  a  full  disclosure 
of  the  facts.  Within  the  meaning  of  this  canon,  a  lawyer  repre- 
sents conflicting  interests  when,  in  behalf  of  one  client,  it  is  his 
duty  to  contend  for  that  which  duty  to  another  client  requires 
him  to  oppose. 

The  obligation  to  represent  the  client  with  undivided  fidelity 
and  not  to  divulge  his  secrets  or  confidences  forbids  also  the 
subsequent  acceptance  of  retainers  or  employment  from  others  in 
matters  adversely  affecting  any  interest  of  the  client  with  respect 
to  which  confidence  has  been  reposed. 

7.  Professional  Colleagues  and  Conflicts  of  Opinion. 

A  client's  proffer  of  assistance  of  additional  counsel  should 
not  be  regarded  as  evidence  of  want  of  confidence,  but  the  matter 
should  be  left  to  the  determination  of  the  client.  A  lawyer  should 
decline  association  as  colleague  if  it  is  objectionable  to  the  origi- 
nal counsel,  but  if  the  lawyer  first  retained  is  relieved,  another 
may  come  into  the  case. 

When  lawyers  jointly  associated  in  a  cause  cannot  agree  as  to 
any  matter  vital  to  the  interest  of  the  client,  the  conflict  of  opinion 
should  be  frankly  stated  to  him  for  his  final  determination.  His 
decision  should  be  accepted  unless  the  nature  of  the  difference 
makes  it  impracticable  for  the  lawyer  whose  judgment  has  been 
overruled  to  co-operate  effectively.  In  this  event  it  is  his  duty 
to  ask  the  client  to  relieve  him. 

Efforts,  direct  or  indirect,  in  any  way  to  encroach  upon  the 
business  of  another  lawyer,  are  unworthy  of  those  who  should  be 
brethren  at  the  Bar;  but,  nevertheless,  it  is  the  right  of  any 
lawyer,  without  fear  or  favor,  to  give  proper  advice  to  those 
seeking  relief  against  unfaithful  or  neglectful  counsel,  generally 
after  communication  with  the  lawyer  of  whom  the  complaint  is 
made. 

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8.  Advising  Upon  the  Merits  of  a  Client's  Cause. 

A  lawyer  should  endeavor  to  obtain  full  knowledge  of  his 
client's  cause  before  advising  thereon,  and  he  is  bound  to  give  a 
candid  opinion  of  the  merits  and  probable  result  of  pending  or 
contemplated  litigation.  The  miscarriages  to  which  justice  is 
subject,  by  reason  of  surprises  and  disappointments  in  evidence 
and  witnesses,  and  through  mistakes  of  juries  and  errors  of 
Courts,  even  though  only  occasional,  admonish  lawyers  to  beware 
of  bold  and  confident  assurances  to  clients,  especially  where  the 
employment  may  depend  upon  such  assurance.  Whenever  the 
controversy  will  admit  of  fair  adjustment,  the  client  should  be 
advised  to  avoid  or  to  end  the  litigation. 

9.  Negotiations  With  Opposite  Party. 

A  lawyer  should  not  in  any  way  communicate  upon  the  sub- 
ject of  controversy  with  a  party  represented  by  counsel ;  much 
less  should  he  undertake  to  negotiate  or  compromise  the  matter 
with  him,  but  should  deal  only  with  his  counsel.  It  is  incumbent 
upon  the  lawyer  most  particularly  to  avoid  everything  that  may 
tend  to  mislead  a  party  not  represented  by  counsel,  and  he 
should  not  undertake  to  advise  him  as  to  the  law. 

10.  Acquiring  Interest  In  Litigation. 

The  lawyer  should  not  purchase  any  interest  in  the  subject 
matter  of  the  litigation  which  he  is  conducting. 

11.  Dealing  With  Trust  Property. 

Money  of  the  client  or  other  trust  property  coming  into  the 
possession  of  the  lawyer  should  be  reported  promptly,  and  except 
with  the  client's  knowledge  and  consent  should  not  be  com- 
mingled with  his  private  property  or  be  used  by  him. 

12.  Fixing  the  Amount  of  the  Fee. 

In  fixing  fees,  lawyers  should  avoid  charges  which  overesti- 
mate their  advice  and  services,  as  well  as  those  which  undervalue 
them.  A  client's  ability  to  pay  cannot  justify  a  charge  in  excess 
of  the  value  of  the  service,  though  his  poverty  may  require  a  less 
charge  or  even  none  at  all.  The  reasonable  requests  of  brother 
lawyers,  and  of  their  widows  and  orphans  without  ample  means, 
should  receive  special  and  kindly  consideration. 

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In  determining  the  amount  of  the  fee,  it  is  proper  to  consider : 
(1)  the  time  and  labor  required,  the  novelty  and  difficulty  of  the 
questions  involved  and  the  skill  requisite  properly  to  conduct  the 
cause ;  (2)  whether  the  acceptance  of  employment  in  the  particu- 
lar case  will  preclude  the  lawyer's  appearance  for  others  in  cases 
likely  to  arise  out  of  the  transaction,  and  in  which  there  is  a 
reasonable  expectation  that  otherwise  he  would  be  employed,  or 
will  involve  the  loss  of  other  business  while  employed  in  the 
particular  case  or  antagonisms  with  other  clients;  (3)  the  custom- 
ary charges  of  the  Bar  for  similar  services ;  (4)  the  amount  in- 
volved in  the  controversy  and  the  benefits  resulting  to  the  client 
from  the  services;  (5)  the  contingency  or  the  certainty  of  the 
compensation ;  and  (6)  the  character  of  the  employment,  whether 
casual  or  for  an  established  and  constant  client.  No  one  of  these 
considerations  in  itself  is  controlling.  They  are  mere  guides  in 
ascertaining  the  real  value  of  the  service. 

In  fixing  fees  it  should  never  be  forgotten  that  the  profession 
is  a  branch  of  the  administration  of  justice  and  not  a  mere 
money-getting  trade. 

1  [13.    Contingent  Fees. 

Contingent  fees  lead  to  many  abuses  and  where  sanctioned 
by  law  should  be  under  the  supervision  of  the  Court.] 

13.  Contingent  Fees. 

Contingent  fees,  where  sanctioned  by  law,  should  be  under 
the  supervision  of  the  Court  in  order  that  clients  may  be  protected 
from  unjust  charges. 

14.  Suing  a  Client  for  a  Fee. 

Controversies  with  clients  concerning  compensation  are  to  be 
avoided  by  the  lawyer  so  far  as  shall  be  compatible  with  his  self- 
respect  and  with  his  right  to  receive  reasonable  recompense  for 
his  services ;  and  lawsuits  with  clients  should  be  resorted  to  only 
to  prevent  injustice,  imposition  or  fraud. 

15.  How  Far  a  Lawyer  May  Go  In  Supporting  a  Client's  Cause. 

Nothing  operates  more  certainly  to  create  or  to  foster  popu- 
lar prejudice  against  lawyers  as  a  class,  and  to  deprive  the  pro- 


1  The   form  in  brackets   was  originally  contained    in   the   report.      The 
form  in  italics  was  substituted  at  the  meeting. 

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fession  of  that  full  measure  of  public  esteem  and  confidence  which 
belongs  to  the  proper  discharge  of  its  duties  than  does  the  false 
claim,  often  set  up  by  the  unscrupulous  in  defense  of  questionable 
transactions,  that  it  is  the  duty  of  the  lawyer  to  do  whatever 
may  enable  him  to  succeed  in  winning  his  client's  cause. 

It  is  improper  for  a  lawyer  to  assert  in  argument  his  personal 
belief  in  his  client's  innocence  or  in  the  justice  of  his  cause. 

The  lawyer  owes  "entire  devotion  to  the  interest  of  the  client, 
warm  zeal  in  the  maintenance  and  defense  of  his  rights  and  the 
exertion  of  his  utmost  learning  and  ability,"  to  the  end  that  noth- 
ing be  taken  or  be  withheld  from  him,  save  by  the  rules  of  law, 
legally  applied.  No  fear  of  judicial  disfavor  or  public  unpopu- 
larity should  restrain  him  from  the  full  discharge  of  his  duty. 
In  the  judicial  forum  the  client  is  entitled_to  the  benefit  of  any 
and  every  remedy  and  defense  that  is  authorized  by  the  law  of 
the  land,  and  he  may  expect  his  lawyer  to  assert  every  such 
remedy  or  defense.  But  it  is  steadfastly  to  be  borne  in  mind  that 
the  great  trust  of  the  lawyer  is  to  be  performed  within  and  not 
without  the  bounds  of  the  law.  The  office  of  attorney  does  not 
permit,  much  less  does  it  demand  of  him  for  any  client,  violation 
of  law  or  any  manner  of  fraud  or  chicane.  He  must  obey  his 
own  conscience  and  not  that  of  his  client. 

16.  Restraining  Clients  From  Improprieties. 

A  lawyer  should  use  his  best  efforts  to  restrain  and  to  prevent 
his  clients  from  doing  those  things  which  the  lawyer  himself 
ought  not  to  do,  particularly  with  reference  to  their  conduct 
towards  Courts,  judicial  officers,  jurors,  witnesses  and  suitors. 
If  a  client  persists  in  such  wrong-doing  the  lawyer  should  ter- 
minate their  relation. 

17.  Ill-Feeling  and  Personalities  Between  Advocates. 

Clients,  not  lawyers,  are  the  litigants.  Whatever  may  be  the 
ill-feeling  existing  between  clients,  it  should  not  be  allowed  to 
influence  counsel  in  their  conduct  and  demeanor  toward  each 
other  or  toward  suitors  in  the  case.  All  personalities  between 
counsel  should  be  scrupulously  avoided.  In  the  trial  of  a  cause 
it  is  indecent  to  allude  to  the  personal  history  or  the  personal 
peculiarities  and  idiosyncrasies  of  counsel  on  the  other  side.  Per- 
sonal colloquies  between  counsel  which  cause  delay  and  promote 
unseemly  wrangling  should  be  carefully  avoided. 

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18.  Treatment  of  Witnesses  and  Litigants. 

A  lawyer  should  always  treat  adverse  witnesses  and  suitors 
with  fairness  and  due  consideration,  and  he  should  never  minister 
to  the  malevolence  or  prejudices  of  a  client  in  the  trial  or  conduct 
pf  a  cause.  The  client  cannot  be  made  the  keeper  of  the  lawyer's 
conscience  in  professional  matters.  He  has  no  right  to  demand 
that  his  counsel  shall  abuse  the  opposite  party  or  indulge  in 
offensive  personalities.  Improper  speech  is  not  excusable  on  the 
ground  that  it  is  what  the  client  would  say  if  speaking  in  his  own 
behalf. 

19.  Appearance  of  Lawyer  as  Witness  for  His  Client. 

When  a  lawyer  is  a  witness  for  his  client,  except  as  to  merely 
formal  matters,  such  as  the  attestation  or  custody  of  an  instrument 
and  the  like,  he  should  leave  the  trial  of  the  case  to  other  counsel. 
Except  when  essential  to  the  ends  of  justice,  a  lawyer  should 
avoid  testifying  in  Court  in  behalf  of  his  client. 

20.  Newspaper  Discussion  of  Pending  Litigation. 

Newspaper  publications  by  a  lawyer  as  to  pending  or  antici- 
pated litigation  may  interfere  with  a  fair  trial  in  the  Courts  and 
otherwise  prejudice  the  due  administration  of  justice.  Generally 
they  are  to  be  condemned.  If  the  extreme  circumstances  of  a 
particular  case  justify  a  statement  to  the  public,  it  is  unprofes- 
sional to  make  it  anonymously.  An  ex  parte  reference  to  the  facts 
should  not  go  beyond  quotation  from  the  records  and  papers  on 
file  in  the  Court ;  but  even  in  extreme  cases  it  is  better  to  avoid 
any  ex  parte  statement. 

21.  Punctuality  and  Expedition. 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  lawyer  not  only  to  his  client,  but  also  to 
the  Courts  and  to  the  public  to  be  punctual  in  attendance,  and  to 
be  concise  and  direct  in  the  trial  and  disposition  of  causes. 

22.  Candor  and  Fairness. 

The  conduct  of  the  lawyer  before  the  Court  and  with  other 
lawyers  should  be  characterized  by  candor  and  fairness. 

It  is  not  candid  or  fair  for  the  lawyer  knowingly  to  misquote 
the  contents  of  a  paper,  the  testimony  of  a  witness,  the  language 
or  the  argument  of  opposing  counsel,  or  the  language  of  a  decision 
or  a  text-book ;  or  with  knowledge  of  its  invalidity,  to  cite  as 

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authority  a  decision  that  has  been  overruled,  or  a  statute  that  has 
been  repealed ;  or  in  argument  to  assert  as  a  fact  that  which  has 
not  been  proved,  or  in  those  jurisdictions  where  a  side  has  the 
opening  and  closing  arguments  to  mislead  his  opponent  by  can- 
cealing  or  withholding  positions  in  his  opening  argument  upon 
which  his  side  then  intends  to  rely. 

It  is  unprofessional  and  dishonorable  to  deal  other  than  can- 
didly with  the  facts  in  taking  the  statements  of  witnesses,  in 
drawing  affidavits  and  other  documents,  and  in  the  presentation 
of  causes. 

A  lawyer  should  not  offer  evidence,  which  he  knows  the 
Court  should  reject,  in  order  to  get  the  same  before  the  jury  by 
argument  for  its  admissibility,  nor  should  he  address  to  the  Judge 
arguments  upon  any  point  not  properly  calling  for  determination 
by  him.  Neither  should  he  introduce  into  an  argument,  addressed 
to  the  Court,  remarks  or  statements  intended  to  influence  the  jury 
or  bystanders. 

These  and  all  kindred  practices  are  unprofessional  and  un- 
worthy of  an  officer  of  the  law  charged,  as  is  the  lawyer,  with  the 
duty  of  aiding  in  the  administration  of  justice. 

23.  Attitude  Towards  Jury. 

All  attempts  to  curry  favor  with  juries  by  fawning,  flattery  or 
pretended  solicitude  for  their  personal  comfort  are  unprofessional. 
Suggestions  of  counsel,  looking  to  the  comfort  or  convenience  of 
jurors,  and  propositions  to  dispense  with  argument,  should  be 
made  to  the  Court  out  of  the  jury's  hearing.  A  lawyer  must  never 
converse  privately  with  jurors  about  the  case ;  and  both  before  and 
during  the  trial  he  should  avoid  communicating  with  them,  even 
as  to  matters  foreign  to  the  cause. 

24.  Right  of  Lawyer  to  Control  the  Incidents  of  the  Trial. 

As  to  incidental  matters  pending  the  trial,  not  affecting  the 
merits  of  the  cause,  or  working  substantial  prejudice  to  the  rights 
of  the  client,  such  as  forcing  the  opposite  lawyer  to  trial  when  he 
is  under  affliction  or  bereavement ;  forcing  the  trial  on  a  par- 
ticular day  to  the  injury  of  the  opposite  lawyer  when  no  harm 
will  result  from  a  trial  at  a  different  time ;  agreeing  to  an  ex- 
tension of  time  for  signing  a  bill  of  exceptions,  cross  interroga- 
tories and  the  like,  the  lawyer  must  be  allowed  to  judge.  In  such 
matters  no  client  has  a  right  to  demand  that  his  counsel  shall  be 
illiberal,  or  that  he  do  anything  therein  repugnant  to  his  own 
sense  of  honor  and  propriety. 

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25.  Taking  Technical  Advantage  of  Opposite  Counsel;  Agree- 
ments with  Him. 

A  lawyer  should  not  ignore  known  customs  or  practice  of  the 
Bar  or  of  a  particular  Court,  even  when  the  law  permits,  without 
giving  timely  notice  to  the  opposing  counsel.  As  far  as  possible, 
important  agreements,  affecting  the  rights  of  clients,  should  be 
reduced  to  writing;  but  it  is  dishonorable  to  avoid  performance 
of  an  agreement  fairly  made  because  it  is  not  reduced  to  writing, 
as  required  by  rules  of  Court. 

26.  Professional  Advocacy  Other  Than  Before  Courts. 

A  lawyer  openly,  and  in  his  true  character  may  render  pro- 
fessional services  before  legislative  or  other  bodies,  regarding 
proposed  legislation  and  in  advocacy  of  claims  before  departments 
of  government,  upon  the  same  principles  of  ethics  which  justify 
his  appearance  before  the  Courts ;  but  it  is  unprofessional  for  a 
lawyer  so  engaged  to  conceal  his  attorneyship,  or  to  employ  secret 
personal  solicitations,  or  to  use  means  other  than  those  addressed 
to  the  reason  and  understanding  to  influence  action. 

27.  Advertising,  Direct  or  Indirect. 

The  most  worthy  and  effective  advertisement  possible,  even 
for  a  young  lawyer,  and  especially  with  his  brother  lawyers,  is  the 
establishment  of  a  well-merited  reputation  for  professional  ca- 
pacity and  fidelity  to  trust.  This  cannot  be  forced,  but  must  be 
the  outcome  of  character  and  conduct.  The  publication  or  cir- 
culation of  ordinary  simple  business  cards,  being  a  matter  of  per- 
sonal taste  or  local  custom,  and  sometimes  of  convenience,  is  not 
per  se  improper.  But  solicitation  of  business  by  circulars  or  ad- 
vertisements, or  by  personal  communications  or  interviews,  not 
warranted  by  personal  relations,  is  unprofessional.  It  is  equally 
unprofessional  to  procure  business  by  indirection  through  touters 
of  any  kind,  whether  allied  real  estate  firms  or  trust  companies 
advertising  to  secure  the  drawing  of  deeds  or  wills  or  offering 
retainers  in  exchange  for  executorships  or  trusteeships  to  be  in- 
fluenced by  the  lawyer.  Indirect  advertisement  for  business  by 
furnishing  or  inspiring  newspaper  comments  concerning  causes 
in  which  the  lawyer  has  been  or  is  engaged,  or  concerning  the 
manner  of  their  conduct,  the  magnitude  of  the  interests  involved, 
the  importance  of  the  lawyer's  positions,  and  all  other  like  self- 
laudation,  defy  the  traditions  and  lower  the  tone  of  our  high 
calling,  and  are  intolerable. 

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28.  Stirring  Up  Litigation,  Directly  or  Through  Agents. 

It  is  unprofessional  for  a  lawyer  to  volunteer  advice  to  bring 
a  lawsuit,  except  in  rare  cases  where  ties  of  blood,  relationship  or 
trust  make  it  his  duty  to  do  so.  Stirring  up  strife  and  litigation 
is  not  only  unprofessional,  but  it  is  indictable  at  common  law.  It 
is  disreputable  to  hunt  up  defects  in  titles  or  other  causes  of  action 
and  inform  thereof  in  order  to  be  employed  to  bring  suit,  or  to 
breed  litigation  by  seeking  out  those  with  claims  for  personal  in- 
juries or  those  having  any  other  grounds  of  action  in  order  to 
secure  them  as  clients,  or  to  employ  agents  or  runners  for  like 
purposes,  or  to  pay  or  reward,  directly  or  indirectly,  those  who 
bring  or  influence  the  bringing  of  such  cases  to  his  office,  or  to 
remunerate  policemen,  court  or  prison  officials,  physicians,  hospital 
attaches  or  others  who  may  succeed,  under  the  guise  of  giving 
disinterested  friendly  advice,  in  influencing  the  criminal,  the  sick 
and  the  injured,  the  ignorant  or  others,  to  seek  his  professional 
services.  A  duty  to  the  public  and  to  the  profession  devolves 
upon  every  member  of  the  Bar,  having  knowledge  of  such  prac- 
tices upon  the  part  of  any  practitioner,  immediately  to  inform 
thereof  to  the  end  that  the  offender  may  be  disbarred. 

29.  Upholding  the  Honor  of  the  Profession. 

Lawyers  should  expose  without  fear  or  favor  before  the 
proper  tribunals  corrupt  or  dishonest  conduct  in  the  profession, 
and  should  accept  without  hesitation  employment  against  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Bar  who  has  wronged  his  client.  The  counsel  upon 
the  trial  of  a  cause  in  which  perjury  has  been  committed  owe  it 
to  the  profession  and  to  the  public  to  bring  the  matter  to  the 
knowledge  of  the  prosecuting  authorities.  The  lawyer  should  aid 
in  guarding  the  Bar  against  the  admission  to  the  profession  of 
candidates  unfit  or  unqualified  because  deficient  in  either  moral 
character  or  education.  He  should  strive  at  all  times  to  uphold 
the  honor  and  to  maintain  the  dignity  of  the  profession  and  to 
improve  not  only  the  law  but  the  administration  of  justice. 

30.  Justifiable  and  Unjustifiable  Litigations. 

The  lawyer  must  decline  to  conduct  a  civil  cause  or  to  make 
a  defense  when  convinced  that  it  is  intended  merely  to  harass  or 
to  injure  the  opposite  party  or  to  work  oppression  or  wrong. 
But  otherwise  it  is  his  right,  and,  having  accepted  retainer,  it  be- 
comes his  duty  to  insist  upon  the  judgment  of  the  Court  as  to  the 

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legal  merits  of  his  client's  claim.  His  appearance  in  Court  should 
be  deemed  equivalent  to  an  assertion  on  his  honor  that  in  his 
opinion  his  client's  case  is  one  proper  for  judicial  determination. 

31.  Responsibility  for  Litigation. 

No  lawyer  is  obliged  to  act  either  as  adviser  or  advocate  for 
every  person  who  may  wish  to  become  his  client.  He  has  the 
right  to  decline  employment.  Every  lawyer  upon  his  own  re- 
sponsibility must  decide  what  business  he  will  accept  as  counsel, 
what  causes  he  will  bring  into  Court  for  plaintiffs,  what  cases  he 
will  contest  in  Court  for  defendants.  ,  The  responsibility  for  ad- 
vising questionable  transactions,  for  bringing  questionable  suits, 
for  urging  questionable  defenses,  is  the  lawyer's  responsibility. 
He  cannot  escape  it  by  urging  as  an  excuse  that  he  is  only  fol- 
lowing his  client's  instructions. 

32.  The  Lawyer's  Duty  in  Its  Last  Analysis. 

No  client,  corporate  or  individual,  however  powerful,  nor 
any  cause,  civil  or  political,  however  important,  is  entitled  to  re- 
ceive, nor  should  any  lawyer  render,  any  service  or  advice  involv- 
ing disloyalty  to  the  law  whose  ministers  we  are,  or  disrespect  of 
the  judicial  office,  which  we  are  bound  to  uphold,  or  corruption 
of  any  person  or  persons  exercising  a  public  office  or  private 
trust,  or  deception  or  betrayal  of  the  public.  When  rendering  any 
such  improper  service  or  advice,  the  lawyer  invites  and  merits 
stern  and  just  condemnation.  Correspondingly,  he  advances  the 
honor  of  his  profession  and  the  best  interests  of  his  client  when 
he  renders  service  or  gives  advice  tending  to  impress  upon  the 
client  and  his  undertaking  exact  compliance  with  the  strictest 
principles  of  moral  law.  He  must  also  observe  and  advise  his 
client  to  observe  the  statute  law,  though  until  a -statute  shall  have 
been,  construed  and  interpreted  by  competent  adjudication,  he  is 
free  and  is  entitled  to  advise  as  to  its  validity  and  as  to  what  he 
conscientiously  believes  to  be  its  just  meaning  and  intent.  But 
above  all  a  lawyer  will  find  his  highest  honor  in  a  deserved  repu- 
tation for  fidelity  to  private  trust  and  to  public  duty,  as  an  honest 
man  and  as  a  patriotic  and  loyal  citizen. 


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III. 

OATH   OF  ADMISSION. 

The  general  principles  which  should  ever  control  the  lawyer 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  are  clearly  set  forth  in  the  fol- 
lowing Oath  of  Admission  to  the  Bar,  formulated  upon  that  in 
use  in  the  State  of  Washington,  and  which  conforms  in  its  main 
outlines  to  the  "duties"  of  lawyers  as  defined  by  statutory  enact- 
ments in  that  and  many  other  states  of  the  Union' — duties  which 
they  are  sworn  on  admission  to  obey  and  for  the  wilful  violation 
of  which  disbarment  is  provided : 

I  DO  SOLEMNLY  SWEAR: 

I  will  support  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  and  the 
Constitution  of  the  State  of. ; 

I  will  maintain  the  respect  due  the  Courts  of  Justice  and 
judicial  officers; 

I  will  not  counsel  or  maintain  any  suit  or  proceeding  which 
shall  appear  to  me  to  be  unjust,  nor  any  defense  except  such  as  I 
believe  to  be  honestly  debatable  under  the  law  of  the  land ; 

I  will  employ  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  the  causes  con- 
fided to  me  such  means  only  as  are  consistent  with  truth  and 
honor,  and  will  never  seek  to  mislead  the  Judge  or  jury  by  any 
artifice  or  false  statement  of  fact  or  law ; 

I  will  maintain  the  confidence  and  preserve  inviolate  the 
secrets  of  my  client,  and  will  accept  no  compensation  in  con- 
nection with  his  business  except  from  him  or  with  his  knowledge 
and  approval ; 

I  will  abstain  from  all  offensive  personality,  and  advance  no 
fact  prejudicial  to  the  honor  or  reputation  of  a  party  or  witness, 
unless  required  by  the  justice  of  the  cause  with  which  I  am 
charged ; 

I  will  never  reject,  from  any  consideration  personal  to  myself, 
the  cause  of  the  defenseless  or  oppressed,  or  delay  any  man's 
cause  for  lucre  or  malice.  SO  HELP  ME  GOD. 

We  commend  this  form  of  oath  for  adoption  by  the  proper 
authorities  in  all  the  states  and  territories. 


1  Alabama,  California,  Georgia,  Idaho,  Indiana,  Iowa,  Minnesota,  Missis- 
sippi, Nebraska,  North  Dakota,  Oklahoma,  Oregon,  South  Dakota,  Utah, 
Washington  and  Wisconsin.  The  oaths  administered  on  admission  to  the 
Bar  in  all  the  other  states  require  the  observance  of  the  highest  moral 
principle  in  the  practice  of  the  profession,  but  the  duties  of  the  lawyer  are 
not  as  specifically  defined  by  law  as  in  the  states  named. 

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